viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. we begin with the buffalo bills revealing just a short time ago what happened to safety damar hamlin who collapsed during last night s game in cincinnati. the team says hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest on the field. he remains in critical condition. right now here s a live picture outside cincinnati s uc medical center where he is being treated this hour. carolyn manno has the story. reporter: one important note is that his heart was restored on the field. you saw the startling, chilling images of cpr right there. of all of the nfl players around him. he s being administered cpr. he was transferred to that hospital. right now he s sedated and still in critical condition. they released a statement a couple of hours ago. i don t anticipate they will add to that. i think that s all we re going to hear from now. the hospital is expecting to update us on his condition but, again, i don t think th
well, you can see that the ambulances s out there on the field and they are invencely working on damar hamlin. look at the faces. showing the horror we all felt after that terrible event on the football field last night. i mean it is really, really tough to watch, and frankly, showing the video is we went back and forth whether we should show it, think you should see it and then won t play that much. i m don lemon along with kaitlan collins, and poppy harlow. damar hamlin, in critical condition after collapsing on the field last night. how did this happen? and tell you the league s response in the aftermath. today with only hours to go before republicans take control of the house, kevin mccarthy is still struggling to get the votes he would need to become speaker. we ll tell you what happens if he falls short. but we re going to begin with that terrible incident that happened on the field monday night. damar hamlin collapsing after making a tackle. the bills say he
a very difficult rush hour today and tomorrow but we re watching the storms that could possibly be spinning. it s the ones that could put down the tornado. now there s been a lot of wind damage as well because a 60 or 70 mile per hour wind can do significant damage to homes and to mobile homes. that s where most of the severe weather will be today. that s where it will be tomorrow. to the north here is where the snow is. snowing in nebraska, south dakota, sioux city. sioux falls as well. snow on the ground for you as you wake up, try to drive to work. this is a big system. it runs all the way from the basically the great lakes all the way down to the gulf coast. so good to see you again. happy new year. happy new year. hope you had a nice couple of days off. i sure did. in the desert where none of that was happening. chad myers. thanks for joining us. i m christine romans. cnn this morning starts right now.